disallow

Example Sentences

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The existing players in cybersecurity provide businesses with complex firewalls: software that identifies customers’ internal users of data, and tools that allow or disallow access to information for parties external to the customer.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The VAR, Jarred Gillett, sent Pawson to the monitor to disallow the goal.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

It took five minutes and 30 seconds from the moment Semenyo scored what he thought was Manchester City's second goal until referee Kavanagh made the VAR sign to disallow it.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Referee Chris Kavanagh watched the incident several times on the pitch-side monitor before announcing his decision to disallow the goal to the St James' Park crowd.

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026

Or after Granny died and wasn’t there anymore to disallow it, why didn’t he take the stuff to his own house?

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns